PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus or the like capable of relatively easily performing an ultrasonic image diagnosis by means of elastography with high reliability.SOLUTION: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus control program realizes: a transmission and reception function for executing ultrasonic wave transmission and reception according to a first mode that transmits an ultrasonic wave into a predetermined region of an inspection object, receives a reflection wave and generates a first echo signal and ultrasonic wave transmission and reception according to a second mode that transmits a second ultrasonic wave for generating deformation of a part of tissue in the predetermined region, receives a reflection wave and generates a second echo signal an image generation function for generating an ultrasonic wave image related to the predetermined region by using the first echo signal an analysis function for executing behavior analysis of tissue corresponding to a region of interest by using the first echo signal or image data corresponding to the region of interest set in the ultrasonic wave image a determination function for determining whether or not a structural object or a liquid region having a size equal to a predetermined size or more is present in the region of interest on the basis of behavior analysis results and a control function for controlling the transmission and reception function such that the transmission and reception according to the second mode is executed when the structural object or the liquid region having the size equal to the predetermined size or more is determined to be absent in the region of interest.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】エラストグラフィーによる超音波画像診断を高い信頼性をもって比較的簡単に行うことができる超音波診断装置等を提供すること。【解決手段】被検体の所定領域内に超音波を送信し反射波を受信して第1のエコー信号を発生する第1のモードに従う超音波送受信と、所定領域内の組織の一部に歪みを発生させる第2の超音波を送信し反射波を受信して第2のエコー信号を発生する第2のモードに従う超音波送受信と、を実行し、第1のエコー信号を用いて所定領域に関する超音波画像を生成し、超音波画像に設定された関心領域に対応する第1のエコー信号又は画像データを用いて、関心領域に対応する組織の性状解析を
